Card-counting machine



April 22, 1930. H. D. LOWD 1,755,884

CARD COUNTING MACHINE I Original Filed March 26, 1927 5 Sheets-Sheet 1 ATTO R N EY April 22, 1930. I p, ow 1,755,884

I CARD COUNTING MACHINE Original Filed March 26, l92'7 5 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR ATTO RN EY April 22, 1930. -H. D. LOWD 1,755,884

CARD COUNTING MACHINE Original FiLe-d March 26, 1927 5 Sheets-Sheet 3 fir a L J J 4 k r m ////1 Y//////// H I INVENTOR ATTO R N EY April 22, 1930. w 1,755,884

CARD COUNT ING MACHINE Original Filed March 26, 1927 5 Sheets-Sheet 4 ATTORNEY April 22, 1930. H. D. LOWD CARD COUNTING MACHINE Original Filed March 26, 1927 5 Sheets-Sheet 5 MSR INVENTOR ATTORN EY Patented Apr. 22, 1930 sic steer-Y 2mm LOWD; e esmreesw 1IAM?$HIRE- CARD-COUNTING MACHINE v I application fii i ei-en aa' eer, Serial m.'17s,7e 5. Renewed. oc ob iio, 1929.

This invention relates to a card handling machine, the general object of the inyention bein-g'to provide means for separating groups ofcards by cards of a diflerent color from the other cards, each group of cards containing the same number of cards.

Anotherfobjec-t of the invention is to so construct the apparatus that it. can beset, by changing the gears to place anydesired numher of cards in each group.

This invention also consists in certain other features of construction and the combination and arrangement of the several parts, to be hereinafter fully described, illus- 1 t-ratedin the accompanying drawings and specifically pointed out in the appended ell-aims. r a Y In describing my invention in detail, reference will behad 'to the accompanying drawings ,w'herei-n like characters ."denot e like or corresponding parts throughout the several yiews, and in-which:' 1

I Figure'l is an elevation of the apparatus.

Figure 2 is a top plan view thereof. Figure 3 is a longitudinal sectional view thereof. 5

Figure 4 is a section on line 44 of Figure '3. I

Figure 5 is a section on line 55 of "Figure 4.

F-igure 6 is a section on line 66 of Figure 4.

Figure 7 is a section on line 7-7 of Figure 6. 7 Figure '8 is a section on line 8-8 of Figure 41. p I I Figure 9 is a section on "line 99 of Figure -8. Figure 10 "is a section o'n line '10-.10 of '40 Figure 4. v i V igure 11 .is a section on line 111-11 of Figure 4.. 1

"In these views, A indicates the trance of the machine which-embodies a reservoir 1 A forthe cards 13 t o 'be grouped, and the reservoir 2 for the cards which actas thesign ai cards or the cards for separating the groups of-cards B. Aweigh-ted coverB is adapted to be placedon thet cardsjB-to place them "so under pressure, while a fo l'lbwer' plate 4. to

. f thegrQ P B ith i t roug n lever 26 which is rocked by the movement lower end of the reservoir 1 to the guiding rollers 10 and av horizontal guideway .11 guides the cards from the feeding or guiding rollers 10 to the feeding rollers 12 which feed I the cards into the vertically movable receiver '13 located in a receptacle 1!: andnorma'lly held in raised position bythe coiled spring 15 placed on the rod 16 which is connected with the bottom of the receiver and passes through a hole in the bottom of the receptacle 14; An inclined plate 17 directsthecards leaving the feeding rollers 12 into the re ceiver13, the botto'mof which is inclined to receive the cards leaving the feedrollers 12. The spring 15 is of such a tension that' thejo weight of the cards will cause the] receiver to move downwardly as the cards are deposited in the receiver. Acurved'chute 18, is arranged to receive the cards, passing through theiopening 19 in the front-lower end of the reservoir 2 and this chute directs the cardstto thefeeding rollers 12; Other feed ing rollers 20 act to feed the cards through the chute 18. Thus it will be seen that both sets ofcards are guided to the feedingrollers 12 so that they will be deposited in'the receiver 13' v V 'l hecards are fed f'romthereservoir l-to the feedingrollers 10 by means of a slide 21 movably 'iiiounted in the bottom'oi' the reservoir dhfe ine Pla e 2 'aan e y c nnected with 'itsfrdnt its beveled edge Pro t ng s ght y 19 3? the sl de so an the sli e met d tenet-d Q th chen lle t=w n10te the bottom its "and "a e-11s; the .iledi. e rollers. 19 phat-t ese telle s wastes the card ae c e it fie h rolle s h ough thefguide '11- a The s id 52.11 is reeipmcated throug means of a shaft 23, the arm i which is operated from ,the shaft by the eccentric-25 and the at the arm 24mm w ich. is" connected with i the slide 21 by the link 2?. is belted to a motor 28.

y A gauge plate 29 is adjustably mounted on This shaft 23 a wall of the reservoir 1 and partly covers the gages the first card in the reservoir and pushes ends of the shaft .37.

V desired number of cards. j-

it through'the opening 19, which is adjustable by the gauge plate 33, when the bar 30 is moved downwardly through means of the. ,linksi3l which have their upper ends pivotally connected with the bar 30 and their lower ends engaging the crank pins on the large gears 36 which are fastened to the These gears 36 mesh with the pinions 38 carried by a shaft 39 and thiscshaft 39 carries the gears 40 which mesh with the pinions 4:1 on the drive shaft 23.

The gears a0 mesh with the pinions 41 on the lower feed roller-'10 and these gears 11 also mesh with the gears 42 on the upper feed roller 10. 1 The pinions 41 mesh with gears 43 carried by a shaft 44: anda train of gears 45 communicate the movement of the gears 13 to the feed rollers 12 and 20. 7

Thus both ejecting means and all the feed rollers are driven from the motor 28 and as willbe seen, the means for actuating the eject ing means of the reservoir 1 cause the said ejecting means to operate much faster than the ejecting means for the reservoir 2. As shown, the e ecting means for the reservoir 1 will operate twelve times while the ejecting means for the reservoir 2 are operating once. Thus twelve cards B Wlll be fed from the reservoir linto the receiver 13 and then-one card .will be fed from the reservoir 2 into the re ceiver. The card C from the reservoir 2 will pass through the feeding rollers 12 with the twelfth card B from the reservoir 1. Thus the cards B- are separated into groups of twelve cards each by the cardsC, it being understood that thesecards G are of a dilferent color' or. otherwise distinguishedfrom the cards .It will also be understood that by changing thegear ratio, the machine can be set to,divide the .cards B into groups of any Qne: rollerofeach pair 'is movably arranged with respect to the other roller and is vieldingly held against isaidother roller by having its pintles 46 arranged in slots 47 formed in theframe; with the bearing blocks 48 for the pintlesengaged by springs 49 which act topress the roller against the ot-her roller,

Y but permits-the rollers to separate so that a card can pass through the rollers.

:1 The gears. are enclosed in the housings 50. From. the foregoingit will be seen that I have provided gsimple: meansofor placing cards in groups, the groups being separated by signal cards which are made distinctive from the other cards, the machine being automatic in operation and being capable of being adjusted to handle cards of different thicknesses and also being capable of being set to make the groups contain any desired number of cards.

It is thought from the foregoing description that the advantages and novel features of my invention willbe readily apparent.

I desire it to be understood that I may make changes inthe construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, provided that such changes fall within the scope of the appended claims.

' lVhatI claim is 2- j v '1. A machine of the class described comprising a receiver, a pair of card reservoirs, a pair of feeding rollers arranged adjacent the receiver, guiding means for leading the cards from each reservoir to the feeding rollers, an ejector ,for each reservoir for ejecting the cards therefrom one at a time into the guiding means and means for operating the ejecting means of one reservoir faster than the ejecting means of the other reservoir. 7

2. A machine of the class described comprising a receiver, yieldable means for holding thesame in raised position a pair of card reservoirs, a pairof feeding rollers arranged adjacent the receiver, guiding means for leading the'cards from each reservoir to the, feeding rollers, an ejector for each reservoir for ejecting the cards therefrom one at a time into the guiding means, means for operating the ejecting means of one reservoir faster than the ejecting means of the other reservoir and means for placing the cards in eachreservoir under pressure to hold the first card in each reservoir in a position where it will be acted on by the ejecting means. 7

tor means faster than the other, means for placing the cards 'in the reservoirs under pressure, power means and means for actuating the ejector means and the feeding rollers from said power-means. 1 1

, 4. A machine of the class'described comprising a pair of reservoirs for receiving cards, each reservoir having an opening therein, a horizontally arranged slide in one reservoir, a card engaging. member thereon for ejecting cards from saidreservoir when the.

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slide is reciprocated, an ejector bar, guiding means for the same for permitting the same to be moved vertically, a member on the bar for engaging the cards in the second reservoir to eject them one by one therefrom, means for reciprocating the slide, means for mov ing the bar, the lattermeans actuating at less speed than the other means so that the slide is moved a greater number of times thanthe bar, a receiver and meansfor causing the cards from 5. A machine of the class, described comprising a pair of reservoirs for receiving cards, each reservoir having an opening therein, a horizontallyarranged slide in one reservoir, a card engagingmember thereon for ejecting cardsfrom said reservoir When the slide is reciprocated, an ejector bar, guiding means for the same for permitting the same to be moved vertically, a memberon the bar for engaging the cards in the second "reservoir to eject'them one by one therefrom,

means for reciprocating the slide, means for moving the bar, the latter means actuating at less speed than the other means so that the slide is moved a greater number of times than the bar, a receiver, means for causing the from said reservoir When the slide is recip-' rocated, an ejector bar,=guiding means for the same for permitting the same to be moved vertically, a member on the bar for engaging the cards in the second reservoir to eject them one by'one therefrom, means for reciprocating the slide, means for moving the bar, the latter means, actuating at less speed than the other means so that the slide is moved a greater number of times than the bar, a reeeiver, means for causing the cards from each reservoir to enter the receiver, the latter means including pairs of feeding rollers, means i'or yieldmgly holding a roller of each pair against the other roller and power means for operating the slide and bar actuating.

means and the feeding rollers.

a frame, a pair of cardreservoirs on said frame, a card receiver on said frame, a pair A card handling machine comprising into said guideways for moving the cards therealong, means for ejecting the cards from said reservoirs into said guideways and means for operating said ejecting means in a predetermined ratio of speed to each other.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature.

HARRY DAVID LoWD.

each reservoir to enter the re-' of feed rollers adjacent said receiver forfeed- Y ing cards into the same, guideways leading from said card reservoirs and converging ad-f j acent said feed rollers to feed cards between the rollers, rollers adjacent to and projecting 

